Category Archives: Project for American Employment & Economic Security

Ancient Origins of Socialism and the Progressive Movement

Progressives have always moved society forward, for better or worse. It has always been the  [...]

Putting a Trillion Into Perspective

The is our take on Charles Hugh Smith’s (oftwominds.com) perpective on how to visualize the  [...]

Should We Question Fair Trade?

The other day my wife and I had the morning off together – a rare  [...]

Washington is The New Versailles

In the dead of night, democracy died with a whimper. Withered husks of humanity, driven  [...]

Pipeline Spills Justify Protester Outrage

On November 16, TransCanada, the owners of the Keystone Pipeline, reported that a portion of  [...]

SEPTEMBER 1, 1939

This poem was written by W.H. Auden in 1939, a little over 77 years ago.  [...]

Homage to the 23 Arrested Fighting Fracking

On May 16, 2017, twenty-three brave souls refused to leave the right of way forced  [...]

Hooray for Hollywood Part 2

As we noted in our prior article on the latest round of Hollywood sex scandals, Harvey  [...]

Hooray For Hollywood!

My family has lived in Southern California long before the movies arrived here. “THE INDUSTRY”  [...]

California Dystopia Pt. 1

I was born the fifth generation of my family in Southern California sixty years ago.  [...]

Take A Knee for Injustice

In August 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to sit for the national  [...]

Why America Needs a Student Debt Jubilee

Student loan debt is a nationwide disaster. There is currently over 1.4 trillion dollars of  [...]

Automation is a Grim Reminder of America’s Looming Labor Crisis

Someone I met recently told me about his recent conversations with some senior McDonald’s Corporation officials  [...]

Fighting the Good Fight

It was a real pleasure to spend time with local community organizer Malinda Clatterbuck and  [...]

Stand Up to The #Resistance

Look, I get it. I’m a millennial, and like every one of us I’m tired  [...]

Will The RAISE Act Raise Employment Prospects

Over the weekend the employment numbers for August were released; 156,000 jobs added might be  [...]

Interview On The Topic of Immigration

Friends are used to seeing me doing the interviewing.  But today is different.  KMO of  [...]

After Judge’s Rulings – Next Steps for Lancaster Against Pipelines!

Three years ago activists first began organizing against Williams Energy’s Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, a 125-mile  [...]

Protest Killing Legislation in PA, MN, NC and Coming to a State Near You

On August 16th a bill began winding its way through the Pennsylvania legislature.  It is  [...]

Politicon Panel 2017 Discussions & Debates

See our in depth interviews during Politicon 2017 See our impromptu / on the street  [...]

Let The Games Begin

Dear fans of CFPUP, If you go to the Politicon website (www.politicon.com) and click on  [...]

Understanding Cryptocurrencies – An Interview w/Bryan of PIVX

On July 21st IFSPP sat down with Bryan SNAPPY of PIVX and we discussed the  [...]

General Motors CEO calls for more American STEM workers, coders

The city of Detroit, Michigan was once seen as a beacon of American industry for  [...]

Time For Progressives to Leave The California Democratic Party

So this should be the last straw for every “P”rogressive in the California Democratic Party.  [...]

Don Collins and the Population Bomb

Guest Post: Donald Collins’ article on the “population bomb” and the history of birth control  [...]

Living in L.A. and Homeless

An article was recently published in the Los Angeles Times titled “L.A. County Homelessness Soars.”  [...]

Updating Mencken – The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same

I had been agonizing over current national and international events this weekend and found myself in  [...]

Reality Is Not An Option Panel

This summit brought together an amazing panel that consisted of John Michael Greer, James Howard  [...]